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Dr Stuart Jones' Outputs (58)

Integrating petrophysical, geological and geomechanical modelling to assess stress states, overpressure development and compartmentalisation adjacent to a salt wall, gulf of Mexico (2023)
Journal Article
Obradors-Prats, J., Calderon Medina, E., Jones, S., Rouainia, M., Aplin, A., & Crook, A. (2023). Integrating petrophysical, geological and geomechanical modelling to assess stress states, overpressure development and compartmentalisation adjacent to a salt wall, gulf of Mexico. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 155, Article 106352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106352

Multi-well pressure data from the Magnolia Field, located on a flank of the salt-bounded Titan passive mini-basin in the Garden Banks area of the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico, indicate remarkably high overpressures that vary, at similar de... Read More about Integrating petrophysical, geological and geomechanical modelling to assess stress states, overpressure development and compartmentalisation adjacent to a salt wall, gulf of Mexico.

Sedimentary Petrology (2023)
Book
Tucker, M. E., & Jones, S. J. (2023). Sedimentary Petrology. (4th Edition). Wiley

Geophysical reconstruction of the late Holocene proximal proglacial landsystem at Skeiðarársandur, southeast Iceland (2023)
Journal Article
Harrison, D., Ross, N., Russell, A. J., & Jones, S. J. (2023). Geophysical reconstruction of the late Holocene proximal proglacial landsystem at Skeiðarársandur, southeast Iceland. Journal of Quaternary Science, 38(6), 947-969. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3518

Sandur plains are extensive sedimentary bodies formed in proglacial settings by glaciofluvial processes. Icelandic sandar have been hypothesised to be comprised of thick alluvial successions that provide critical insight into the processes that contr... Read More about Geophysical reconstruction of the late Holocene proximal proglacial landsystem at Skeiðarársandur, southeast Iceland.

Interdependence between bacterial EPS and early grain coat development (2023)
Journal Article
Charlaftis, D., Jones, S. J., Grimm, L., & Kappler, A. (2023). Interdependence between bacterial EPS and early grain coat development. Terra Nova, 35(4), 241-249. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12648

Bacteria are the most abundant forms of life we know on our planet, able to survive in a variety of habitats, that play an important role in mineral formation and transformation processes. Here, we present laboratory experiments in which unconsolidat... Read More about Interdependence between bacterial EPS and early grain coat development.

The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK (2023)
Journal Article
Aro, O. E., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N. S., Gluyas, J., & Charlaftis, D. (2023). The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK. Petroleum Geoscience, 29(2), Article petgeo2022-043. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2022-043

Clay-coated grains play an important role in preserving reservoir quality in high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) sandstone reservoirs. Previous studies have shown that the completeness of coverage of clay coats effectively inhibits quartz cementat... Read More about The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK.

Tectonostratigraphic controls on pore fluid pressure distribution across the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (2023)
Journal Article
O'Neill, S. R., Jones, S. J., & Kamp, P. J. (2023). Tectonostratigraphic controls on pore fluid pressure distribution across the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Basin Research, 35(3), 1128-1153. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12749

Significant variations in pore pressure across the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, are attributed to changes in lithofacies and structure, usefully illustrated in terms of ten areas that we term geopressure provinces, each displaying individual pore pre... Read More about Tectonostratigraphic controls on pore fluid pressure distribution across the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand.

Experimental diagenesis using present-day submarine turbidite sands (2022)
Journal Article
Bello, A. M., Charlaftis, D., Jones, S. J., Gluyas, J., Acikalin, S., Cartigny, M., & Al-Ramadan, K. (2022). Experimental diagenesis using present-day submarine turbidite sands. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.952690

Hydrothermal-reactor experiments were conducted to investigate the potential formation of chlorite and microquartz grain coatings on detrital quartz and feldspar grains, and to understand their role in inhibiting the formation of quartz cement and fe... Read More about Experimental diagenesis using present-day submarine turbidite sands.

Diagenesis and controlling factors of Oligocene Huagang Formation tight sandstone reservoir in the south of Xihu sag, the East China Sea Shelf Basin (2022)
Journal Article
Qian, W., Sun, Q., Jones, S. J., Yin, T., Zhang, C., Xu, G., Hou, G., & Zhang, B. (2022). Diagenesis and controlling factors of Oligocene Huagang Formation tight sandstone reservoir in the south of Xihu sag, the East China Sea Shelf Basin. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 215, Article 110579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110579

Considerable amounts of efforts have been made in search of depositional sand quality and diagenetic processes on the quality of low-permeability and tight reservoirs mainly due to the realization that these multiple factors exert profound controls o... Read More about Diagenesis and controlling factors of Oligocene Huagang Formation tight sandstone reservoir in the south of Xihu sag, the East China Sea Shelf Basin.

Impact of Grain-Coating Clays on Porosity Preservation in Paleocene Turbidite Channel Sandstones: Nelson Oil Field, UK Central North Sea (2022)
Journal Article
Bello, A., Jones, S., J *Gluyas, J., & G Al-Ramadan, K. (2022). Impact of Grain-Coating Clays on Porosity Preservation in Paleocene Turbidite Channel Sandstones: Nelson Oil Field, UK Central North Sea. Minerals, 12(5), Article 555. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12050555

The Forties Sandstone Member is an important deep-water reservoir in the Central North Sea. The role of depositional characteristics, grain-coating clays, and diagenesis in controlling the reservoir quality of the sandstones is poorly understood. The... Read More about Impact of Grain-Coating Clays on Porosity Preservation in Paleocene Turbidite Channel Sandstones: Nelson Oil Field, UK Central North Sea.

Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage (2022)
Journal Article
Marsh, J., Jones, S., Meadows, N., & Gluyas, J. (2022). Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage. Petroleum Geoscience, 28(3), 2021- 2065. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2021-065

Failure to find hydrocarbon prospects in the Solway Basin region has resulted in a lack of research into the local Sherwood Sandstone Group petrography, reservoir quality and depositional history compared to the analogous southern reservoirs in the E... Read More about Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage.

Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) investigations of a large‐scale buried ice‐marginal landsystem, Skeiðarársandur, SE Iceland (2022)
Journal Article
Harrison, D., Ross, N., Russell, A. J., & Jones, S. J. (2022). Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) investigations of a large‐scale buried ice‐marginal landsystem, Skeiðarársandur, SE Iceland. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 51(4), 824-846. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12587

The sedimentary record of Icelandic ice-contact environments provides critical insights into past glacier margin dynamics and position, relative sea level, and the geomorphic processes that drive the evolution of proglacial environments. This importa... Read More about Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) investigations of a large‐scale buried ice‐marginal landsystem, Skeiðarársandur, SE Iceland.

Experimental Simulation of Burial Diagenesis and Subsequent 2D-3D Characterization of Sandstone Reservoir Quality (2022)
Journal Article
Charlaftis, D., Dobson, K. J., Jones, S. J., Lakshtanov, D., Crouch, J., & Cook, J. (2022). Experimental Simulation of Burial Diagenesis and Subsequent 2D-3D Characterization of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, Article 766145. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.766145

Characterization of deeply buried sandstones and their reservoir quality is of paramount importance for exploring, developing, and subsurface storage of energy resources. High reservoir quality in deeply buried sandstones is commonly correlated with... Read More about Experimental Simulation of Burial Diagenesis and Subsequent 2D-3D Characterization of Sandstone Reservoir Quality.

Earth Science (2022)
Book Chapter
Jones, S. J., & Saville, C. (in press). Earth Science. In C. Harrison, K. Aston, A. Childs, & V. Kind (Eds.), Teaching Secondary Chemistry. (3rd ed.). Hodder Education

Pliocene trace fossils from oyster substrates in the Nijar Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain (2021)
Journal Article
Donovan, S. K., Jones, S. J., King, A. R., & Harper, D. A. (2021). Pliocene trace fossils from oyster substrates in the Nijar Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 132(3), 358-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2021.02.004

The Almería-Níjar Basin is a Neogene, intermontane depression marginal to the Mediterranean in southern Spain in the vicinity of El Argamasón, Andalucia. The Pliocene Cuevas Formation rests unconformably on the Upper Messinian rock succession in the... Read More about Pliocene trace fossils from oyster substrates in the Nijar Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain.

Role played by clay content in controlling reservoir quality of submarine fan system, Forties Sandstone Member, Central Graben, North Sea (2021)
Journal Article
Bello, A. M., Jones, S. J., Gluyas, J. G., Acikalin, S., & Cartigny, M. (2021). Role played by clay content in controlling reservoir quality of submarine fan system, Forties Sandstone Member, Central Graben, North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 128, Article 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105058

Proximal to distal fan change in grain size, clay matrix content, and grain-coating clays have been identified as key contributing factors for eservoir quality evolution of submarine fan turbidite sandstones. This study evaluated the role played by g... Read More about Role played by clay content in controlling reservoir quality of submarine fan system, Forties Sandstone Member, Central Graben, North Sea.

Experimental study of chlorite authigenesis and influence on porosity maintenance in sandstones (2021)
Journal Article
Charlaftis, D., Jones, S., Dobson, K., Crouch, J., & Acikalin, S. (2021). Experimental study of chlorite authigenesis and influence on porosity maintenance in sandstones. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 91(2), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.122

Chlorite is recognized as a key mineral for preserving reservoir quality in deeply buried sandstones, as chlorite coatings inhibit the nucleation of quartz overgrowths. A limited understanding of the mechanisms and conditions under which these authig... Read More about Experimental study of chlorite authigenesis and influence on porosity maintenance in sandstones.